Fox Sports (United States)

This article is about the U.S.-based sports division. For branded assets outside of the U.S., see Fox Sports. For the Australian broadcast channels, see Fox Sports (Australia).

Fox Sports Media Group
LaunchedAugust 12, 1994; 30 years ago (1994-08-12)
Country of originUnited States
OwnerFox Corporation
Key peopleMark Silverman
(president and COO, Fox Sports Media Group)
Eric Shanks
(CEO and Executive Producer, Fox Sports Media Group)
HeadquartersFox Network Center (Fox Studio Lot Building 101), 10201 W Pico Blvd, Century City, Los Angeles, California
Major broadcasting contracts
Sister networkFox
Fox Sports 1
Fox Sports 2
Fox Sports Radio
Official websitewww.foxsports.com

Fox Sports, stylized in all caps, is the sports programming division of the Fox Corporation that is responsible for sports broadcasts carried by the Fox broadcast network, Fox Sports 1 (FS1), Fox Sports 2 (FS2), and the Fox Sports Radio network.[1][2]

The division was formed in 1994 with Fox's acquisition of broadcast rights to National Football League (NFL) games. In subsequent years, Fox has televised the National Hockey League (NHL) (1994–1999), Major League Baseball (MLB) (1996–present), NASCAR (2001–present), the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) (2007–2010), Major League Soccer (MLS) (2003–2011, 2015–present), the U.S. Open golf tournament (2015–2019), the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) (2016–present), WWE programming (2019–2024), the XFL (2020), the United States Football League (USFL) (2022–2023), the United Football League (UFL) (2024-present) and the World Baseball Classic (WBC) (2023–present).

On December 14, 2017, The Walt Disney Company announced plans to acquire then-parent company 21st Century Fox for $52.4 billion, which included key assets such as the regional Fox Sports Networks (which were later sold by Disney to the Sinclair Broadcast Group), FX Networks, and Fox Sports International. Under the terms of the proposed acquisition, Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports 2, and other assets were spun off into the division's current parent company, which is independently owned by Fox Corporation.[3][4]

  1. ^ "About Us". FoxSports.com. Fox Sports Interactive Media, LLC. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  2. ^ "FOX Sports". FoxCorporation.com. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  3. ^ "The Walt Disney Company To Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., After Spinoff Of Certain Businesses, For $52.4 Billion In Stock" (Press release). The Walt Disney Company. December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  4. ^ "The Walt Disney Company to Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., After Spinoff of Certain Businesses, for $52.4 Billion in Stock" (Press release). 21st Century Fox. December 14, 2017. Archived from the original on December 15, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2017.